stap

See also: Stap and štap

English

Verb

stap (third-person singular simple present stapp, present participle ing, simple past and past participle stapped)

1. (obsolete) Eye dialect spelling of stop.

Derived terms

• stap my vitals

Anagrams

• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PTAs, PTSA, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, past, pats, spat, taps

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• zdap

Etymology

Prefixed form of tap, onomatopoeia. Compare Old English stæf, Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav, all meaning 'stick, staff’.

Noun

stap m

1. stick, staff
2. bat

Related terms

• zhdëp

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Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

stap

1. female goat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Stap. Capra.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑp
• IPA^(key): /stɑp/

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Noun

stap m (plural stappen, diminutive stapje n)

1. step

Derived terms

• voetstap

Verb

stap

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of stappen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of stappen

Anagrams

• past, spat, taps

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English stæppan.

Verb

stap

1. Alternative form of steppen

Etymology 2

From Old English stæpe.

Noun

stap

1. Alternative form of steppe

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Scots

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, stick”).

Verb

stap (third-person singular simple present staps, present participle stappin, simple past stappeet, past participle stappeet)

1. (Southern Scots) to push (something into something); to force (something into something)

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English stop

Verb

stap

1. To be

   Balus i stap long graun.

   The airplane is on the ground.

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Particle

stap

1. Used to form the progressive tense.

   Em i go i stap. He is going.

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See also

Tok Pisin tense and aspect markers:

• pinis (completive aspect)
• bin (past tense)
• stap (progressive aspect or durative aspect)
• save (habitual aspect)
• bai/baimbai (future tense)